Notes: Vast quantities of 1892 and 1893 Columbian half dollars were placed into circulation for face value, and examples did not command a significant premium on the collectors' market until decades later. This will explain why coins were available in 1895 for slightly over face value. For a long period of time dealers' prices ranged from slightly over face value to about $1. Even during the commemorative boom of the 1930s, Columbian half dollars were often omitted from dealers' advertisements, as the coins had little value or interest at the time.